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recovered and said: ‘*I have slept; behold, that fellow waked me. 
Take care; I will shoot him.” ‘‘Did you sleep? You were dead, 
That person killed you and threw you away.” 
They went a long distance. Now the elder brother heard a person. 
He did not tell his younger brother. Now Mink also heard that per- 
son. He was singing: ‘‘I sharpen my nails for Mink and his elder 
brother.” Mink said: ** What does that person sing about us?” His 
elder brother replied: *‘That person is singing: ‘I sharpen my nails 
for Mink and his elder brother.’ Be quiet; he will kill us.” Now 
they saw that person sitting on a bluff. He was sharpening his nails. 
“What do you think?” said Mink, ‘‘I will push him. He will be 
drowned.” ‘* Let him alone; he will kill us.” Now his elder brother 
looked back and there was Mink swimming. He pushed that person 
twice. ‘The person took hold of him right here and threw him away. 
His arm broke off. His arm fell down at one place, and his body at 
éyalXt ikd’sa-it. Pd, pd, po, 
his elder mink’s. Blow, blow, blow, 
brother 
ig@’x6x_ iko’sa-it: “No’qxoyo; tatcja itcind’qxoteq taya’x.  Ja’maq 
po aqé’yux ik0d/sa-it.  Ljpaq 
blow he was done mink. Recover 
> 
he did mink: “Tslept; behold he waked me that one. Shoot 
ate; —_ anilo’xoa.” ** Mo’qxoyo na?” Tqio’l Xam ik0’sa-it: 
surely T shall do him.” “You slept {int. part.]?”” He was told mink: 
‘‘Imo/maqt. Itgrn’muwaq LgoaLe’lX, itgemxé’ma.” 
“You were dead. He killed you the person, he threw you away.” 
Aqa wi icto’'ya. KwlaiX icto’yam. Igixeltcn’maq yaXi 
Then again they went. Far they arrived. He heard something that 
e’yalXt. Itcenitcrn’maq tgoaLrélX. Nii2et igixelgu’titck ia’m XTX. 
his elder He heard him a person. Not he told his younger 
brother, brother. 
Igixrltcr’/maq iko’sa-it. Itenten/maq LaXi Lgoare’]X. Lxd’/la LaXi 
He heard something mink. He heard him that person. He ead that 
muc 
tgoaLe’ |X: ‘*1ko’sa-ita we'yalXt qa nackjitkla  wagn/Lxoaté.” 
person: “Mink and hiselder where I sharpen for my nails.’”’ 
brother them 
Ige’kim iko’sa-it: ‘*Qa Lktxoxd’la tgoane’1X?” Itcio’/ Xam é’yalXt: 
He said mink: “How does he talk the person?”’ He said to him his elder 
/ brother: 
“~xd/la LgoaLe’ LX: *ITko’sa-ita we'yalXt nackjitkla wagE’Lxoate.’ 
“He says “the person: ‘Mink and hiselder I sharpen for my nails.’ 
much brother them 
Qa’txoa ac qan mxa/Lx6x; atktxote’na.” Iegr’itqelkel LaXi 
Must and quiet be; he will kill us.” They saw him that 
LgoaLe]X itca/lampa xLoxt. Ingo’kjoala aLa/Lxoate. ‘Qa 
person bluff on he was. He sharpened his nails. “How 
them 
ime’Xaqamé?” ige’kim iko’sa-it. ‘‘AnLo’sEmita. Ljlap aLo'ya.” 
your mind?”’ said mink, “T will push him, Under he will go.” 
water 
‘Ta’e LE’xa; aLktxote’na.” K’wa ige’x6x e/yalXt, ka yaXv’ 
S ) o 
“Let do him; he will kill us.” Thus did his elder and there 
alone brother, 
iukjué’Xat iko’/sa-ft. IteLd/spmit LaXi Ltgoane’lX. Mo’kctiX 
swam mink. He pushed him that person. Twice 
iteLo’semit. Invge’grlga gipa’tiX, ingexe’ma. Naui kjut igé’xox 
he pushed him, He took him ~ here, he threw him Atonce break did 
away. 
